6 Word Story (or Summary or Memoir)

Title:	6 Word Story (or Summary or Memoir)
Subject:	Professional Development
Grade:	Any
Time Frame:	30 minutes
Summary:	Based on Smith magazine's project Six-Word Memoirs and the Talk of the Nation's coverage of it, teachers will creatively distill their recent experience down to six words.
Tasks:	Listen to Talk of the Nation's Six-Word Memoirs: Life Stories Distilled Individually, on index cards or in a word processor, summarize your recent experience (at a conference, a day or more of pd, as a part of a PLC, etc.) As a whole group, share your six words Optional - post your words to a group wiki page or as a reply to a blog post (this way they can be saved for reflection later)
Objectives:	Teachers will creatively distill their experience down to six words. Teachers will experience a project that could be modified to work with a variety of topics in their own classroom.
Assessment:	N/A
Resources:	Smith magazine's Six-Word Memoirs Talk of the Nation's Six-Word Memoirs: Life Stories Distilled Create Six Word Memoirs with Kids
Examples:	Spring Branch ISD Pedagogical Develop Institute
Similar:	Short bios Clarity Through Brevity: Integrating Six-Word Memoirs

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